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Very cool name

Personal experiences with the name Kurt

My brother is named Kurt. He had trouble with people either calling him Kirk or wanting to call him Kurtis.

Nicknames for Kurt

Kurd
Curt
Curtis
Krut
Krutsky
Kurty
Koot

Meanings and history of the name Kurt

Kurt is a masculine German given name, anglicized as Curt. Kurt is also a Turkish surname, from the Turkic word meaning "wolf".

Kurt is a given name. Its principal English variant is Curt, while others include Cord, Curd, and Kort. It originated as a short form of Curtis, Konrad (Conrad), and Kunibert. Curt also means to be Crudely Short as a word.

Its name days are November 12 (Sweden), November 26 (Norway) and September 13 (Australia).

Kurt also appears as a family name.

Famous real-life people named Kurt

Kurt Cobain, Lead singer/guitarist of rock band Nirvana until his death in 1994.
Kurt Russell, American film actor
Kurt Gödel, Logician and Mathematician
Kurt Vonnegut, Writer
Kurt Angle, Famous wrestler
Kurt Sandino Balean, Pornstar

Kurt in song, story & screen

Colonel Kurt Von Strohm, a character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
Kurt-051, character in the novel Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
Kurt Dierker, a character from the game The Saboteur
Kurt Hummel, character in the TV series Glee
Kurt von Trapp, a character in the musical The Sound of Music
Kurt Wagner (comics), also known as Nightcrawler, Marvel comic book superhero
Kurt Wallander, detective in the works of Henning Mankell
Kurt Splicer, character from the webcomic Station
Kurt Kelly, fuckboy from the amazing musical and movie 'Heathers'